Hi guys, I would like improve my rhiceros skills. I’m already at good step ( I use RH from 8 years) but I want give a boost my projects, please write me a good and advanced course, I would like improve on this topics: hard surface for product design and for interior and on grasshopper foundamentals and subD.
Hi Eric - I guess you’ve exhausted all that is available here?
-Pascal
There are some great tutorials here:
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Hi Pascal, I wanted to direct some new people in our team to the level 1 and Level 2 training guides recently, and I realized they have not been updated since Rhino 6. Is there a plan to even update those with newer content?
Thanks,
G
Hi Gustavo,
The Level 1 & Level 2 were updated for Rhino 7. However, most exercises also work for Rhino 6.
We always update them for each release.
But it usually happens after shipping.
Please reply or IM me with any specific suggestions.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier
hi Mary,
Thanks for the explanation. I think we have different expectations and needs of what ‘update’ means. I always saw the training guides 1&2 as the comprehensive way for a designer/rhino user to gain a general knowledge of most Rhino capabilities. I experienced firsthand that even after years of learning things by asking here, or watching tutorials, the training guides had a very thorough/deep way to cover more ground.
Now I think they feel obsolete since all of the ‘what’s new in V7’ content is not included, even simple/basic things like align, mergeallcoplanarfaces, setobjectdisplaymode, offsetsrf, variableoffsetsrf, and all the SubD and mesh workflows.
Maybe these guides are being left in the obsolete/limited RHino capabilities of V5-V6, and maybe it’s time to find other ways to get our team to find comprehensive training? I’m not sure what the answer is, but the currently updated training guides is not quite there IMO.
Maybe this is fine, and ‘kids these days’ only learn by video. I have 2 new folks that need to learn some Rhino, and we are too busy doing the work to teach them, maybe starting with the training videos is the way to go?
G
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the best rhino course available IMO is here:
Hi Kyle,
That’s definetely the Best ‘best practices course for understanding nurbs modeling’. This series is in the curriculum for anyone joining Fresco that will be touching Rhino. In fact, we send newbies and interns back to school to revisit this course whenever something is modeled badly when it shouldn’t, even before we the old folk roll our sleeves and teach/help. Example below:
You reminded me, I need to send Sky @sgreenawalt a case of wine as training fees for this awesome work, Sky, DM me your drinking address, please!
…but that’s very different than the boureaucratic know-how of learning how to tame the Rhino. Probably your videos might be a better replacement for training guides.
Best,
G
I think that a good progression is our lev 1 and 2, then sky’s classes. Anyone should be able to deliver good results after getting thru those three classes.
Heyoooo! DM on the way…
I have been following these tutorials but have not found a way to show spans on surface in the display panel, only isocurves. The tutorials are in ver.5 and I am using ver 7 on a mac. Is the option somewhere else please ?
Hi Gustavo,
Skim the first few chapter of the Level 1 & Level 2 Training Guides. There are some important details like the purpose the the guides and who the audience of the guides is.
Anyone wanting to use them, should know this.
These guides are not tutorials. They are written with the understanding that they will be used in Instructor-led training. The instructor will be responsible for customizing the material, content, commands and exercises for the group.
- The training guide consists of more than 24 hrs of training.
- Instructor should prepare by choosing which exercises are to be presented during class and which exercise work will be assigned as homework.
We are always trying to improve, but tech support & testing are the priority.
Always let us know what you would like added the training guides.
We will log the request, and get to it as time permits.
align, mergeallcoplanarfaces, variableoffsetsrf → Sure, I would add Distribute too.
Offsetsrf is in the Level 1 on page 152:
Setobjectdisplaymode can be trouble.
It will be on the object property panel in Rhino 8.
We have not written a SubD curriculum, but we do have a collection of videos here that explain the work flow, commands and related tacks. There are beginning and advanced SubD videos.
And if Sky’s videos are more what you want, by all means, you need to use them! There are lots of options - literally something for everyone.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier
McNeel Technical Support and Training
Seattle, WA
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